"He was sweet this morning. Certain texts popped up, and there was one from Matt: 'Congratulations!' And he said some nice words," Kotb said. "It meant the world to me to hear from him on that. It was really nice."

"Matt is really focused on his family, and I think that's where his heart is and that's where it should be," Guthrie said. "We've kept in touch and we've all been reaching out, and, you know...I don't think there's anyone who would be more thrilled than Matt to see Hoda in this role. He adores Hoda and he knows how good she is and so I know that to be true."

"And I remembered going into Savannah's dressing room, and we, like, had a real moment because that's what you do when something like that happens," Kotb said. "We held hands in our office and said a prayer, I won't forget it, I said you know, I said to Savannah after that prayer, I said, like, 'this is gonna...we're gonna make it through this together.'"

"We are family, and we do love each other, and families do go through hard times, and when that happens in good families, you just get closer. You pull together and you focus on the foundation and what keeps you together. I think that’s what we’ve all been trying to do," Guthrie said. "And for me, I just am trying to get comfortable with how complicated the feelings around all of it are, and it is complicated. And just trying to have love and compassion for everyone concerned.”